John 18:7
New International Version
Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

New Living Translation
Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

English Standard Version
So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Berean Standard Bible
So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore He questioned them again, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

King James Bible
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

New King James Version
Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

New American Standard Bible
He then asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

NASB 1995
Therefore He again asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

NASB 1977
Again therefore He asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore He again asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

Amplified Bible
Again He asked them, “Whom do you want?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you’re seeking? ” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?"” Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

American Standard Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said again, “Whom are you seeking?” But they said, “Yeshua the Nazarene.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus again asked, "Who are you looking for?" "We are looking for Jesus from Nazareth," they answered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

English Revised Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."

Good News Translation
Again Jesus asked them, "Who is it you are looking for?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said.

International Standard Version
So he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."

Literal Standard Version
Again, therefore, He questioned them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene”;

Majority Standard Bible
So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

New American Bible
So he again asked them, “Whom are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus the Nazorean.”

NET Bible
Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

New Revised Standard Version
Again he asked them, “Whom are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

New Heart English Bible
Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he asked them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

Weymouth New Testament
Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.

World English Bible
Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Young's Literal Translation
Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Betrayal of Jesus
6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. 8“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”…

Cross References
Matthew 2:23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

John 18:4
Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, "Whom are you seeking?"

John 18:6
When Jesus said, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.

John 18:8
"I told you that I am He," Jesus replied. "So if you are looking for Me, let these men go."


Treasury of Scripture

Then asked he them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

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John 18
1. Judas betrays Jesus.
6. The officers fall to the ground.
10. Peter cuts off Malchus' ear.
12. Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas and Caiaphas.
15. Peter's denial.
19. Jesus examined before Caiaphas.
25. Peter's second and third denial.
28. Jesus arraigned before Pilate.
36. His kingdom.
40. The Jews prefer Barabbas.














(7) Then asked he them again.--Their fear has passed away, so that we are not to think, as men sometimes do, that they were struck to the ground helpless. His thought is still of saving those who are with Him. The question brings the same formal answer. They have no warrant to take any of those who are with Him. They seek only Jesus of Nazareth.

Verses 7, 8. - Again then (οϋν, regarding all the conditions, the cup, the cross, the blood-baptism, the supreme will, all are at stake) he asked them, Whom seek ye? Then, restored from their fright and spasm of conscience, produced by the presence of One whom no fetters, not even those of death itself, could bind, and reassured now by the same voice (cf. Daniel 10:10; Revelation 1:17), they reply, Jesus the Nazarene. He thus compels them to limit their design, and to single himself out for the malice and devilish plot of their masters. I told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, suffer these to depart. There is much in this that lies beneath the surface.

(1) There is an explanation of the miraculous blast which had a few moments before rolled them at his feet. They will not dare to disobey him. What may he not do, if they proceed to arrest the disciples?

(2) The disciples are discharged from the immediate function of suffering and death. They were in imminent danger, as is conspicuous from the fleeing youth, and from the language of the bystanders subsequently to Peter; but their hour was not yet come.

(3) He would tread the winepress alone. They were none who could go with him into this terrible conflict (cf. "Ye shall leave me alone; yet not alone").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

He asked
ἐπηρώτησεν (epērōtēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

them
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

again,
Πάλιν (Palin)
Adverb
Strong's 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

“Whom
Τίνα (Tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

are you seeking?”
ζητεῖτε (zēteite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

“Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

of
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Nazareth,”
Ναζωραῖον (Nazōraion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3480: A Nazarene, an inhabitant of Nazareth. From Nazareth; a Nazoraean, i.e. Inhabitant of Nazareth; by extension, a Christian.

they answered.
εἶπαν (eipan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.


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